Speed
A typical WordPress site ships 1.4MB of unused JS before the first paint. We strip plugin bloat, lazy-load everything below the fold, and serve assets from a CDN so Core Web Vitals go all-green on mobile.
CMS
WordPress 6.5 · PHP 8WordPress SEO engineering, done right.
WordPress powers 43% of the web — and most of those installs are leaving rankings on the table. We engineer WordPress builds that pass Core Web Vitals, ship clean schema, and scale to millions of indexable pages.
+433%
Case proof. organic clicks in 90 days for a 48k-page WP install
WordPress powers 43% of the web — and most of those installs are leaving rankings on the table. We engineer WordPress builds that pass Core Web Vitals, ship clean schema, and scale to millions of indexable pages.
- Stack: WordPress
- Sample benchmark: LCP (mobile) 4.8s → 1.4s (-71%)
- Code in your repo, no SaaS lock-in
- Optional retainer for ongoing SEO ownership
Stack pillars
How we tune WordPress for rankings
No matter the platform — these are the diagnostics we ship to production. Mono outputs are real Lighthouse / Search Console signals from recent client engagements.
Schema
WordPress SEO plugins emit incomplete schema and miss the entity graph entirely. We hand-author Organization, Service, Article, FAQ and BreadcrumbList JSON-LD wired into a single connected graph.
Scale
Programmatic SEO for WordPress means custom post types, ACF flexible content blocks and a build pipeline that can render 50,000 location pages without choking the database or breaking your editor experience.
500+
Clients Ranked on Page 1
10M+
Organic Visits Generated
340%
Average Traffic Growth
8+
Years of SEO Expertise
$ wordpress --inspect- platform WordPress
- version WordPress 6.5 · PHP 8
- cwv all-green target
- schema graph wired
- deploy production-ready
About this stack
Why WordPress teams hire REO Rank
WordPress is deceptively easy to spin up and brutally hard to optimize. Plugin bloat, theme-injected render-blocking JS, ancient PHP, broken canonical signals — every WordPress install we audit has 30+ technical SEO issues that compound silently for years. We rebuild WordPress sites from the database up: a custom block-based theme with zero plugin reliance for SEO-critical paths, server-rendered output, full schema graph, and a publishing workflow your editors actually want to use.
- Senior WordPress engineers on every engagement — no juniors
- We ship code, not slide decks — deploy access, real PRs, real diffs
- Platform-native tooling — no third-party plugin tax
- Migration-ready: we move you to or from WordPress without losing rankings
Build pipeline
How a WordPress build ships
Every engagement runs the same five-stage pipeline. Senior engineer at every stage, status visible in your shared Notion the entire time.
Tech Audit
$ wp site audit --depth=fullFull crawl of your install — plugin inventory, theme audit, render-blocking analysis, schema validation and core-web-vitals lab data.
Theme Refactor
$ npm run build:themeCustom block-based theme replaces page-builder bloat. Server-rendered HTML, zero unused JS, native WordPress block editor preserved.
Schema Graph
$ wp schema validate --strictConnected JSON-LD graph wired into header.php — Organization, Service, Article, FAQ and Breadcrumb nodes referencing each other.
CDN + Cache
$ wp cache flush --type=allCloudflare or Bunny in front, server-side cache layer, image conversion to WebP/AVIF on upload, asset versioning automated.
Ship & Monitor
$ deploy --env=productionStaging diff, production deploy, post-deploy core-web-vitals capture, weekly Lighthouse runs, GSC anomaly alerts.
Free stack audit
Get an engineering-grade audit of your WordPress site
90-second form. Senior engineer reviews and replies within 24h. No bots, no boilerplate.
Free WordPress SEO Audit
3 quick questions — takes 30 seconds
500+ audits delivered4.9/5 average rating
Benchmarks
Real WordPress results we ship
These are the metric movements we typically deliver in 90 days. No vanity numbers — every value comes from Google Search Console, Lighthouse and live server logs.
LCP (mobile) -71%
before
4.8safter
1.4sIndexable URLs +39x
before
1,240after
48,900Organic clicks (90d) +433%
before
12kafter
64kPHP memory peak -75%
before
512MBafter
128MBIntegrations
WordPress plays nicely with your stack
These are the tools we wire into every build by default. Bring your own — we will integrate it.
Build packages
WordPress build packages
Every package is fixed-scope, fixed-price and tied to a defined deliverable. Retainer kicks in only after the build is live and KPIs are passing.
$ deploy --plan=1Starter Build
Audit + speed pass + schema
$2,997one-time
- Full technical SEO audit (40+ checks)
- Core Web Vitals tuning to all-green
- Schema graph (Org / Service / Article / FAQ / Breadcrumb)
- GSC + GA4 wiring
- 1 round of post-launch fixes
- 30-day delivery
$ deploy --plan=2Production
Custom theme + scale-ready stack
$8,997one-time + retainer
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Custom block-based theme (zero plugin bloat)
- CDN + cache layer + image pipeline
- Programmatic page templates (10k pages capable)
- Editor onboarding + style guide
- 90-day post-launch monitoring
$ deploy --plan=3Enterprise
Headless WP + ongoing SEO ownership
Customfrom $14,997/mo
- Everything in Production, plus:
- Headless WordPress (Next.js / Astro front-end)
- Multi-region edge deployment
- Programmatic SEO at 100k+ page scale
- Dedicated WP engineer + SEO lead
- 24h response SLA
30-day post-launch fix window included on every package. No retainer lock-in.
From our clients
Real numbers from teams that bet on us
Every quote below is tied to a specific outcome — a ranking, a booking volume, a pipeline number. We don't ship "engagement" metrics. If we can't measure it in revenue or qualified pipeline, we won't report it.
4.9 avg. client review · 200+ engagements
Slide 1 of 4 
iGaming
37 days
Time to first-page
We launched a brand-new slot site and were ranking for our money terms inside week six. REO Rank's parasite stack and authority transfer plan compressed what we expected to be a 9-month sandbox into 60 days.
Alex M.
Head of Growth, slot operator (UKGC-licensed)
Slide 2 of 4 
Legal
14 metros
Map-pack rankings
Three different agencies told us our practice areas were 'too saturated' to rank organically. REO Rank rebuilt our city-pages, fixed the technical foundation, and we're now ranking top-3 across 14 metros.
Sarah K.
Marketing Director, multi-state law firm
Slide 3 of 4 
SaaS
+312%
Pipeline from organic
What I value most: every weekly call has a senior strategist on it, not an account manager reading a script. The work shows up in our pipeline numbers — not just in a vanity dashboard.
James R.
Founder, B2B SaaS (Series A)
Slide 4 of 4 
Health
+184%
Booked consultations / mo
Local SEO that actually works. We went from page-three obscurity to dominating the map pack in every territory we operate in — and the booking system can barely keep up with the volume now.
Daniela P.
COO, regional med spa group
FAQs
Questions about WordPress SEO engineering
Quick answers to the technical and contractual questions that come up most often.
Both options exist. We run a free audit first — if your current theme is salvageable we keep it and refactor in place. If it ships render-blocking JS we cannot eliminate, we ship a custom block-based theme that preserves the exact editor experience your team is used to.
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